New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-15
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
=, .nsToyE ANXIOUS FOR COMPRo-
Ill., MISE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

REPORTS OF mh.
REPORTING Mr.. OBRIEN - THE 'sr
rxposITION-GOLDwIN SMITH Ao
THE IRIsH-A NEW PEOPLE rnHAO
PERSONAL AND DRAMAii0
rpv CABLE TO THE TRIBUsEl
ro,,r,cbf, 1887. North America" Cao'' @ - N v,ads
,",s Nov 14.-When Mr.. Gladstone niau0
his nroposal at the Rev. Dr. PaiKers 'un0-.
..,,nr thu Crimes act through, few peopie pup
l.. rneant business. The suggesuon W
omit the provisions against ooyco''"is
,,on of Campaign was regarded by the uoVe'h"'i'
..,crostion 70 emasculate the bill. MIR. Glad
....,s friends now say he did not expect tfnS 10
.ortod but il was really meant as the n's'
hid He feels that present tacucs are nNo" II
xro,ouced to make q bad impression on 'he coun'
49,, ubo average mind fails to perceive dis-
,,,ot on between opposition as now carried on anu
...,,,,o,ion Closure has only varied the IornI
,nstead of everlasting speeches on one smehufnenV
sbort stceches on innumeraOc amendmeh'S 'A'
the cnme. Time is wasted just MS ehecSua'S io"'
Mr. Gladstone neither Likes to see PariainehO
-.r.,vzed nor believes the country will hKe H.
His snnorters in the provincial press are alre"oS
limiting that comI Iromise is possible. Inc "oVern
mon, are asked to insert a clause insurlns tha'
ho h;u shall not be used to prevent legitimate
combination The permanency OF the measure
n which Mr. Gladstone referred will not oe sacri-
sced bv the Government, but this is not really
vo,v important. When LIBERAL Government come
,r they can practically annul if unable Immediate
l., to rcneal the act. Other alterations Will oe
suggested. but the probability that the 1iadS'on-
,ans and the Government will come to terms Is
exceedingly remote.
There Is another reason for Mr. Gladstohes
an iety to come to some arrangement lie fore
SECS a serious conflict in the House of Commons
II d ese nj htly wran les and collisions are allowed
to continue, to be followed probably by SUSPENSION
Of the Irish members. large contingent oi
IDEALS also Will in that case get themselves
susl ended and no man can say where the dis
turbance will stop.
"lbe Daily News finds justification for oo-
struction in the important notifications which The
first clause of the Coercion bin has already under
gone. That clause has been almost completely
transformed during seven sittings. the first TWO
sections being trebled in length. The Government
accel ted many amendments. some OF them I'M
portant and nearly all tending to soften the vio-
lence of the measure. The House of Commons
saws the Gadstonan organ, is now giving the
measure that careful and minute cons deratlon
which it ought to have received before it was
presented to Parliament
Last nights proceedings were similar in char
acter Mr. Healy. who has survived tine tre'
mendous attack which lately quoted from "1he
Daily News led the onslaught on the bill with
undiminished vivacity. There were moments OF
much animation The Tories had the pleasure
of hearing Mr.. Gladstone twice called to order by
the Chairman.
Mr.. Parnells arrival in London on Thursday
evening has been followed by his departure Tor
vournemouth in obedience to his doctors orders
His failure to appear in the House of Commons
gives fresh currency to reports of his very serious
illness. 1 may say more explicitly than before
that 1 heard the story Of cancer Of the stomach
from one Of the most eminent surgeons in England.
he had not been consulted by MIR. Parnen. What
be said was that he himself had been told on
authority which he as a medical man cons dered
decisive Moreover. a well-llnown member OF the
House and a distinguished physician says ne
convinced that the report Is true. Denlals are
,epeated in positive terms, and assurances given
that MIR. Parnen viii be in his place in the House
on tuesday.
MIR. O'Brien's journey to Canada, whatever else
may be said Of it. has given him platform he
never could have got otherwise. The Times
receives two columns a day by cable with verba'
tim reports of parts Of his speeches and full ac-
counts Of all proceedings in connection with his
visit. All this it prints in its biggest type be-
neving. of course. 1t will do harm to the cause
Mr. OBrien advocates.
"The Times" also printed yesterday the first
nstalment Of new series Of "Parnellism and
Crime, entitled Behind the Scenes in America
Ibis processes to be based on secret records OF
American consriraton bought apparently from
discontented members of the Clan Gael Mr..
Davitt. MIR. Sullivan, Mr.. parnen, Mr.. Egan and
many other well-known names figure In connection
with proceedings which "The Times seeks to
identify with outrage, murder and dynamite ex-
plosiors
Messrs Conybeare and Labouchere took nothing
by their opposition to the perfectly harmless meas
ure for allowing the Duke Of Connaught to come
home from India and see his mother during the
Jubilee. Nearly all the best Liberals in the House
voted with the majority. The minority Of 45
consisted mainly of incorigibles. Nothing but
an idle technicality In the existing law. survival
Of earlier times. pade such bill necessary. The
mouths of the economists were stopped by Mr.
W. ii. Smiths promising that the Duke should
draxr cnrurnand